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Meprolight wins first orders from Latin America
Supplier Meprolight has secured its first order for red-dot weapon sights, NOA N...

Leupold and Aimpoint seal military deal
Two major optics suppliers have secured US defence contracts worth more than $50...

Brownells event breaks records
More than 400 attendees and 50 exhibitors turned Brownells’ annual gunsmith conf...

NZ Ammo boosts Norma
Norma’s new distributor in New Zealand, NZ Ammo, says sales are progressing well...

Reed Exhibitions terminates SHOT Show contract
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the fi...

Ammo firm loads up with new facility
German ammunition specialist Haendler & Natermann (H&N) has expanded its...

Senate rejects US gun law change
The first major battle in the ongoing battle between US President Obama's admini...

Ammo firm protects its rights
Latvian specialist-ammunition manufacturer D Dupleks has moved to protect some o...

Playing the waiting game
The issue of proposed gun-control measures is currently a dominant and recurring...

The lion roars again in Africa
The Great British ammunition brand of Kynoch big-game cartridges, in their disti...

Eley Hawk export change
British cartridge manufacturer Eley Hawk has appointed Jon Merry as its new expo...

Playing the waiting game
The issue of proposed gun-control measures is currently a dominant and recurring...

Bursa Nature, Hunting 2013
Bursa Nature, Hunting 2013, 5th International Outdoor Sports, Hunting, S...

Lansky honours its reps
Expert sharpener Lanksy has rewarded its sales associates for their hard work ov...

Diana airguns come ‘home’ to UK
Iconic airgun brand Diana has returned to its one-time home in the UK, following...

Savage CEO Ron Coburn to retire
Having led one of the most remarkable turnarounds in the outdoor i...

New look marks Coal’s birthday
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Coal company has created a new logo, usin...

Wiley X Europe looks to German distributor
Protective-eyewear maker Wiley X has appointed Waimex Jagd- & Sportwaffen Gm...

AirForce expands on land for airgun growth
Auto-Numatic Corporation has acquired the remaining land surrounding its Texas, ...

More jobs or more legislation
The political and legislative fallout following the school shootings in Newtown,...

United Nations Arms Trade Treaty e-briefing
TSM Worldwide LLC has published its executive e-briefing of selected context an...

IWA 2013: a great success
Fully booked exhibition hallsAppreciable growth in number of visitorsSuccessful ...

CLA is the game fair everyone should attend
Plans are under way for the biggest game fair in the UK again this summer and or...

Taurus secures Diamondback Firearms
Global firearm manufacturer Taurus Holdings has agreed an exclusive global distr...

Strict states have lowest gun deaths
As Congress debates whether to toughen the nation’s gun laws, a study from Bosto...

GTW EXCLUSIVE - new F.A.I.R. hunting rifles
One year has passed since the presentation of the (side by side) Iside and the I...

Crosman appoints vice president of marketing
Crosman Corporation, an international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a ...

NSSF postpones Shooting Sports Summit
The National Shooting Sports Foundation's Shooting Sports Summit, set for June 1...

Huge success for Chiappa Firearms
Chiappa’s reputation for releasing new models that reflect market demand and are...

David Nickerson passes away
It is with great sadness that GTW report the death of one time gun trade stalwar...

Put your guns on The RAC
The latest in gun security, already used by the Secret Service and Department of...

Sporting show halted amid gun-ban row
A large US outdoor-sport show has been postponed indefinitely after its organise...

Vote on 2nd Amendment here...
Does the 2nd Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms?Latest results 97...

Ian Harford joins Benjamin Hunting
American airgun giant Crosman Corporation has unveiled Team Wild TV’s Ian Harfor...

Vegas Beretta gun store scrapped
A plan to allow tourists to shoot high-end Italian guns inside a casino on the L...

Pro Optics spotted on arrival
Action Sport Games of Denmark has just received its brand-new Strike Systems Pro...

Semi-auto shotgun in the USA for first time
The FIME Group LLC has unveiled the SGL12-09 AK-style shotgun onto the US market...

SHOT Show opening marks 35 years
Largest Trade Show in the World of Recreational Shooting, Hunting and Law Enforc...

Plastic guns making the headlines again!
What may turn out to be the world’s first printable gun is raising concerns abou...

ActionSportGames unveils USA operation
ActionSportGames (AGS) USA has finally unveiled a location for its USA operation...
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EU firearms questionnaire
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PTR turns back on state
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Hanus heads team producing Bergara rifles
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GTW Blog - Hot Topics

Why Morgan has no credibility!
Sean O'Driscoll: As someone that resides in the UK I feel I have to start this blog by offering my sincere apologies t... Read more

SHOT Show is a real eye-opener
John Hunter: Believe it or not, this year was my first ever visit to the amazing SHOT Show in Las Vegas. It’s not been ... Read more

Team deserve success after difficult yea…
Sean O'Driscoll: After a turbulent 2012 it was so refreshing to hear the positive vibes that came from the official lau... Read more

What next after Connecticut shootings?
John Hunter: The horrific shootings at a school in Connecticut, USA, have shocked everyone. But what impact will the tr... Read more

Whatever next?
John Hunter: The shooting, fishing and outdoor industries never cease to amaze me with their ingenuity and technological... Read more
Special Reports
A real celebration at IWA 2013

With fully booked exhibitions halls, a growth in visitor numbers and a successful specialist exhibition called Enforce Tac, the 40th anniversary of IWA was a fu... Read more
Quenching the hunter’s thirst
As hunters review their gear for the spring season, many are adding hydration packs, wate…
On insurance… and America’s gun paradox
Rick Sapp mulls over the fallout and consequences of the terrible tragedy at a Connecticut scho…
Sportsmen’s expenditures up in USA
The dollar figures for shooting rival some of America’s biggest firms, says Bill Dunn, the mana…
Top US firearm exporters
Ask anyone at SHOT Show or the IWA which companies from America export the most firepower or wh…
Doing Better Business
Flash that plastic cash

Electronic payments are becoming the norm, says Willem Bonneux. If you haven’t done so already, isn’t it time you jumped on the ‘plastic money‘ train before it ... Read more
Be your own mystery shopper
Mystery shoppers visit stores as regular customers and do the things regular shoppers do but th…
Reach out and touch your customers
Thanks to the internet it has never been easier, or cheaper, to market your business to consume…
Influence customers with some good old psychology
Customer psychology might sound way over our heads yet it really isn’t. Psychology is all about…
What women want!
This month, Gun Trade World takes a look into the prospering market for female hunters and shoo…
Meet the Makers
SOG adds new market with hunting knives

With a background in making commemorative military knives and a strong law enforcement and... Read more
Advanced Technology Inter…
Cutting-edge technology, innovative design and premium materials combi…
STI International
Stan Piecha talks to a firearm manufacturer that puts its workforce at…
Barnett Outdoors LLC
Barnett Outdoors LLC can proudly boast to being the world’s leading ma…
Battenfeld Technologies I…
Battenfeld Technologies has been credited with a reliable organisation…
Swarovski Optik
Swarovski has a great name as a manufacturer of sparkling, eye-catchin…
German Sport Guns
Stan Piecha talks to the team behind a major success story in the trad…
Leupold & Stevens
Leupold & Stevens has savoured more than a century of success than…































